{"product_id":"account-episodes-the-management-or-escalation-of-conflict-paperback-9780521155021","title":"Account Episodes; The Management or Escalation of Conflict (Paperback) 9780521155021","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAccount Episodes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Management or Escalation of Conflict\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn investigation into responsibility and accountability in account episodes, and into the circumstances under which these episodes are successful or unsuccessful.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Schönbach (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521155021, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eResponsibility and accountability are the issues at the heart of this book. An account episode, according to Professor Schönbach's conception, is a four-phase interaction between an actor and an opponent. Account episodes occur in many different social settings; they are societal means for the resolution or diminution of conflicts engendered by failure events. Frequently, however, such episodes do not accomplish this goal but promote an escalation of the original conflict. The basic questions addressed in this book are under what circumstances an account episode is likely to be successful, and under which other conditions it is likely to founder. Ten studies of interchanges between actor and opponent, based on Schönbach's escalation theory, reveal fascinating interactions between actor and opponent, between severity of reproach, defensiveness of accounts, needs for control of the participants and their gender in determining the course of account episodes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Task: 1. Demands for accountability\u003cbr\u003e 2. The structure of account episodes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Functions of account episodes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Basic questions and some specifications\u003cbr\u003e 5. Fundamental obstacle, multiple approximations\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Theoretical Guidance: 1. Basic control-theoretical assumptions\u003cbr\u003e 2. A network of escalation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Supplementary speculations\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Study Designs and Procedures: 1. Common design features\u003cbr\u003e 2. Vignettes of failure events\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reproach phase studies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Account phase studies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Evaluation phase studies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Studies on the meaning of responsibility\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Category Systems and Codings: 1. Reasons, problems and strategies of category constructions\u003cbr\u003e 2. A taxonomy for reactions of actors during account phases\u003cbr\u003e 3. A taxonomy for reactions of opponents during phases of reproach and evaluation\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Reproach Phase Results: 1. Effects of severity of failure of reproach\u003cbr\u003e 2. Effects of gender on severity of reproach\u003cbr\u003e 3. The meaning of responsibility for men and women - and excursus\u003cbr\u003e 4. Control needs and severity of reproach\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Account Phase Results: 1. Effects of reproach on defensiveness of accounts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Effects of gender on defensiveness of accounts\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sense of control, self-esteem and defensiveness of accounts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Severity of failure and defensiveness of accounts\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Evaluation Phase Results: 1. Defensiveness of accounts and negativity of evaluation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Effects of gender on negativity of evaluation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Effects of gender on negativity and evaluation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sense of control, self-esteem and negativity of evaluation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Severity of reproach and negativity of evaluation\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Inferences: 1. Synopsis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Transphase perspectives\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tasks for the future\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006722756888,"sku":"9780521155021","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521155021i_d5eeac4c-a075-4b6a-a613-e83e8b242363.jpg?v=1691372732","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/account-episodes-the-management-or-escalation-of-conflict-paperback-9780521155021","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}